Mass demonstrations were carried out by PAME on Sunday (7/12) by PAME all over Greece as an immediate response to the new anti-worker offensive of the government and EU. The rally in Athens was held when the discussion concerning the budget was taking place in Parliament. This discussion ended and the vote was carried out later that same night. During the 3 days of debate, the MPs of the KKE exposed the anti-people nature of this budget. The parliamentary group of the KKE voted against the budget.

At the same time, the workers, the poor self-employed, the youth and women were protesting in particular about the new anti-social security measures of the government that increase the retirement age by 7 years, abolish all early retirements and condemn the younger generation to a future without pensions due to the new labour relations that prevail in the workplaces.

The GS of the CC of the KKE, D. Koutsoumpas, attended the rally and stressed the following amongst other things in his statement: “ It is unacceptable for us to live with crumbs in the year 2014, we must longer tolerate living with crumbs in the name of the humanitarian crisis.  The two parties (ND and SYRIZA) are promising crumbs. There is only one solution, the development of the class struggle, the people’s alliance, a strong KKE everywhere.”